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<h1>Point clouds <img src="images/pointClouds1.jpg"></h1>


<p>A point cloud is an <a href="objects.htm">object</a> that acts as an OC tree based container of points:<br>
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<p>Point clouds are <a href="collidableObjects.htm">collidable</a>, <a href="measurableObjects.htm">measurable</a> and <a href="detectableObjects.htm">detectable objects</a>. This means that point clouds:<br>
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<li>can be used in <a href="collisionDetection.htm">collision detections</a> with other collidable objects that are volume based, such as <a href="octrees.htm">OC trees</a>.</li>
<li>can be used in <a href="distanceCalculation.htm">minimum distance calculations</a> with other measurable objects. </li>
<li>can be detected by <a href="proximitySensors.htm">proximity sensors</a>.
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<p>Point clouds can be added to the <a href="scenes.htm">scene</a> with [Menu bar --&gt; Add --&gt; Point cloud], and edited via the <a href="pointCloudPropertiesDialog.htm">point cloud properties</a>.<br>
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<p>The point cloud calculations (i.e. collision, distance and proximity sensor calculations) available in CoppeliaSim are also available as stand-alone routines via the <a href="coppeliaGeometricRoutines.htm">Coppelia geometric routines</a>.</p>


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<h3 class=recommendedTopics>Recommended topics</h3>

<li><a href="coppeliaGeometricRoutines.htm">Coppelia geometric routines</a></li>
<li><a href="apiFunctionListCategory.htm#pointCloud">Related API functions</a></li>
<li><a href="pointCloudPropertiesDialog.htm">Point cloud properties</a></li>

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